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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: NICO + The Faction -- Camera Obscur
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Date: Tue, 1-Oct-85 09:57:27 EDT
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> REPLACE THIS LINE WITH A BANNANA
> In response to the query about NICO,
>      There is at least one other album on which she appears.  She sings on
> about half the songs on the first VELVET UNDERGROUND album.  The album title
> is (I think) "The Velvet Underground and Nico", and the cover is white with
> a nice bannana done by Andy Warhol.  I believe that Andy actually founded the
> group, in any event the album is from some stage "experience" he created.

I believe the Velvets existed as a group before Andy got a hold of them.
In fact their first gig was at (?) a high school in Summit, NJ. (Corrections
please if necessary)

> The band's name comes from the bar where they originally played. Lou Reed
> was a member, as was John Cale.  Nico did not sing on any of the band's 
> later albums (there are three more).

Also from the latest album, VU (a compilation of leftovers), the name of the
band came from a book on sadomasochism.  (How appropriate:  "Shiny, shiny,
shiny boots of leather, whiplash girlchild in the dark...")
-- 
"I was walking down the street.  A man came up to me and asked me what was the
 capital of Bolivia.  I hesitated.  Three sailors jumped me.  The next thing I
 knew I was making chicken salad."
"I don't believe that for a minute.  Everyone knows the capital of Bolivia is
 La Paz."				Rich Rosen    pyuxd!rlr


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